Factbox-Websites taken offline over PHP risks

European governments, hospitals, and universities took their websites offline on Wednesday to mitigate risks from two critical PHP flaws. Because PHP powers a significant portion of the web, operators decided that temporary downtime was safer than remaining exposed while waiting for a fix. These shutdowns occurred following a warning about the vulnerabilities, leading authorities to prioritize security over availability to protect their digital infrastructure from potential exploits during the critical patching window.